Celebrations of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee will no doubt take all different shapes and sizes - but few will come complete with knitted Frazzles!

Members of the Surlingham community have assured fellow villagers that they are in no way pulling the wool over their eyes when it comes to their planned festivities.

Eastern Daily Press: Clive Evans with some of the items knitted for a jubilee street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle BoodenClive Evans with some of the items knitted for a jubilee street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle Booden (Image: Archant 2022)

When the Church of St Mary's and St Saviour's in the village toasts Her Majesty, it will do so with a knitted street party.

Around a dozen members of the village have come together to create a stunning spread for the event, consisting of scotch eggs, sandwiches, biscuits, cakes and doughnuts.

Eastern Daily Press: Alexandra Evans with some of the items she knitted for a jubilee street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle BoodenAlexandra Evans with some of the items she knitted for a jubilee street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle Booden (Image: Archant 2022)

But anyone hoping to tuck into these treats may struggle - as while they were prepared with the same love and care as they would have been in the kitchen, instead they have been knitted from wool.

The project was the brainchild of 61-year-old villager Alexandra Evans, who came up with the idea while taking part in a Shakespearean production at Norwich's Stage Two theatre.

Eastern Daily Press: Alexandra Evans with some of the items she knitted for a jubilee street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle BoodenAlexandra Evans with some of the items she knitted for a jubilee street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle Booden (Image: Archant 2022)

She said: "I do a bit of acting and was in a play called A Carnival of Errors in Norwich and knitted a few props for the show. They were so well received I got thinking about different ways of using them.

"So I decided to start making other types of food things and that's how I came up with the idea for the knitted street party and it grew from there."

Eastern Daily Press: Sue Allen with some of the items she knitted for a jubilee street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle BoodenSue Allen with some of the items she knitted for a jubilee street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle Booden (Image: Archant 2022)

After sending around a rallying cry she soon found other members of the village community were pitching in with contributions of their own, until they had a spread fit for a Queen.

Eastern Daily Press: Woolly Frazzles at Surlingham's knitted jubilee street party spreadWoolly Frazzles at Surlingham's knitted jubilee street party spread (Image: Alexandra Evans)

The ambitious display has been around eight weeks in the making, with Mrs Evans including one of her own favourite treats in the spread: knitted Frazzles.

Eastern Daily Press: A pizza knitted for a street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle BoodenA pizza knitted for a street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle Booden (Image: Archant 2022)

She said: "I chose to do them for no other reason than that they are my very favourite snack.

"It is such a lovely thing and I think people will really enjoy seeing normal, every day things in a slightly less normal way."

Eastern Daily Press: A variety of food knitted for a street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle BoodenA variety of food knitted for a street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle Booden (Image: Archant 2022)

The knitted street party will be on display in the Surlingham Church across the jubilee weekend, from Friday, June 3 until Sunday, June 5.

Eastern Daily Press: A cake knitted for a street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle BoodenA cake knitted for a street party in Surlingham. Picture: Danielle Booden (Image: Archant 2022)

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